Some interesting players at the Queen's Club. Murray was bad on clay also last year but excellent on grass, does that happen again? Tsonga and Berdych have had success on grass and both have had a good season so far. And how good is del Potro on grass? He won the Olympic bronze but he hasn't been to impressive on grass besides that.

Dimitrov-DelPo seems like an interesting potential QF, and defending champ Cilic may play Berdych in QF. And Murray possibly playing Mahut on R32 seems a bit rigged.

My pick for the title is Tsonga. He's been more consistent this year and his game suits very well to grass.

Some interesting players at the Queen's Club. Murray was bad on clay also last year but excellent on grass, does that happen again? Tsonga and Berdych have had success on grass and both have had a good season so far. And how good is del Potro on grass? He won the Olympic bronze but he hasn't been to impressive on grass besides that.

Dimitrov-DelPo seems like an interesting potential QF, and defending champ Cilic may play Berdych in QF. And Murray possibly playing Mahut on R32 seems a bit rigged.

My pick for the title is Tsonga. He's been more consistent this year and his game suits very well to grass.

I doubt they are willing to pay 500 level prize money when already a 250 gets a 500 level field. Only a Masters could get a better field. But they will add third week to the grass season. And global warming (if it exists) should enable RG week earlier and USO week later so the grass season could be five weeks. That should be enough for a Masters.

I doubt they are willing to pay 500 level prize money when already a 250 gets a 500 level field. Only a Masters could get a better field. But they will add third week to the grass season. And global warming (if it exists) should enable RG week earlier and USO week later so the grass season could be five weeks. That should be enough for a Masters.

Yes, it's pretty sneaky of them to only pay like a 250 because all the good players are forced to come there if they want grass practice

I doubt they are willing to pay 500 level prize money when already a 250 gets a 500 level field. Only a Masters could get a better field. But they will add third week to the grass season. And global warming (if it exists) should enable RG week earlier and USO week later so the grass season could be five weeks. That should be enough for a Masters.

Whoa! I missed this nugget about how global warming should impact the tennis schedule!

RE: the points allocated to tournaments. I agree that Halle & certainly Queens should be given 500 point status. Quite why Monte Carlo is 1000 points is beyond me. Unless of course it's because of the outstanding location!

As for the tennis - what a day! Of rain, that is! Querry / Bedene seems to have gone on forever. AB played very well - I've not really taken any notice of him before. It was close in the final set tb & Querry clinched it.

Del Potro is up a set after a tb in the first set. But 0-3 down in the 2nd set & looking a little lax. He's played a really sloppy exchange at the net & lost the point. He's broken again, Malisse up 4-0.